Ash Wednesday – Lent – Pagan Festival for Tammuz

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Supposedly Christian, but pagan through and through. Ash Wednesday, as the prelude to a 40-day period of fasting leading up to Easter, has its origins in paganism, honoring the idol god Tammuz and the tyrant Nimrod.

It’s just supposed to look Christian.

Ash Wednesday is among the entire range of generally accepted, even beloved traditions within Christian churches. Along with Easter, Advent, and Easter, it is another “highlight” in the liturgical calendar.

Ash Wednesday ushers in a 40-day period of fasting. This is based, or at least so claim the Roman Catholic and (formerly) Protestant churches, on the 40-day period of fasting of Jesus Christ in the desert before the beginning of His earthly ministry. Ash Wednesday is annually based on the fixed date of Easter. 40 days of fasting until Easter, with the respective Sundays not counted. After all, every Sunday is a high day and therefore not a day of suffering through fasting.

Incidentally, the Roman Church decreed the beginning of weekly fasting for the purpose of suffering every 7th day of the week, that is, Saturday or Sabbath. This occurred as part of the campaign against the biblical Sabbath, already in its early days. (Info).

The counterpart to Jesus’ Lent

Both Easter and Christmas have a pagan background. This also applies—not surprisingly—to Ash Wednesday and the subsequent 40-day period of Lent. As always, the Roman Catholic Church played a role here, and sadly, the (once) Protestant churches also adopted this tradition.

A particular hallmark of Ash Wednesday is the visible application of a cross of ash on one’s forehead. A visible sign of (apparent) contrition, repentance, and willingness to purify oneself. This process itself is not found anywhere in the Bible as an instruction from Jesus Christ or any prophet. Nevertheless, there is a reference: ancient Israel, which had hopelessly fallen into paganism. The prophet Ezekiel reported on this. Chapter 8 of the book of Ezekiel describes a whole range of pagan practices of the people of Israel that were an abomination in the eyes of God.

In Ezekiel 8:14 there is a reference to the idolatry that continues to this day on Ash Wednesday:
“Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.“

Tammuz was worshipped in Babylon and also in the Assyrian Empire as a shepherd god. A “shepherd” who looked after his sheep. An analogy (the counterpart) of the shepherd Jesus Christ.

The Model for Egypt’s Polytheism

This Tammuz was a descendant of Ham, one of Noah’s sons. Ham had a son named Cush. He, in turn, had a son named Nimrod, the builder of the city of Babel (Babylon). Cush’s wife was Semiramis. When Cush died, Nimrod took Semiramis as his wife, thus taking his own mother. Tammuz was born from the relationship between Nimrod and Semiramis. As it seemed inevitable, Tammuz also died while Semiramis was still alive. She mourned the death of her son.

Nimrod met his end with a violent death. The “first tyrant,” as the Bible also calls him (Genesis 10:8). His followers glorified Nimrod to the level of a deity and commemorated him with idols on the first or second day of the lunar month of Tammuz.

It is also striking that this kinship and marriage relationship between Cush, Semiramis, Nimrod, and Tammuz are as alike as two peas in a pod when viewed from Egyptian mythology surrounding Osiris, Isis, and Horus. This is not surprising, since the Egyptians (and Ethiopians) consider Cush their ancestor. Nimrod’s consort was Ishtar, and she is the actual reason for the Easter festival, along with the fertility symbols of eggs and rabbits.

Ash Cross – Christian hypocrisy – Pagan execution

Now, historians aren’t entirely unanimous about the sequence of Tammuz and Nimrod. Others assume that Tammuz and Nimrod are identical. However, there is more evidence than meets the eye. This applies primarily to the stone tablets found with corresponding narratives.

However, this did not change the actual origin of the 40-day Lent, with Ash Wednesday as its starting date. Semiramis, who proclaimed herself “Queen of Heaven,” introduced the annual 40-day Lent as a mourning ceremony for the death of Tammuz. (Info).

As always, Ash Wednesday and the subsequent Lent are dedicated to the pagan “deities” of antiquity, which are still practiced today, especially by the Roman Catholic Church, and are merely dressed up in the garb of Christianity. Placing a visible cross on the forehead is in any case tantamount to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, vehemently condemned by Jesus Christ, who publicly demonstrated their Lenten observance in order to be considered particularly pious (Matthew 6:16).

“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.“

The visible ash cross on the forehead is not only typically Roman Catholic and portrayed as merely Christian, but also a public confession of serving the idol gods of the pagans.

Traditional pagan festivals

• Easter - Info
• Advent before Christmas - Info
• Christmas - Xmas - Info
• Christmas tree - Info
• Three Wise Men - Epiphany - Info
• Midsummer bonfire - Info
• Ash Wednesday - Tammuz - Nimrod - Info

Bible verses from King James Version (1611)